the session being returned. Concrete implementations of this method are allowed to raise an error to signal that the pool is full, or to block until it is not full.
Exceptions
Type
Description
NotImplementedError
abstract method
session
session(**kwargs)
Check out a session from the pool.
Deprecated. Sessions should be checked out indirectly using context
managers or xref_run_in_transaction,
rather than checked out directly from the pool.
Returns
Type
Description
SessionCheckout
a checkout instance, to be used as a context manager for accessing the session and returning it to the pool.
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method are allowed to raise an\nerror to signal that the pool is exhausted, or to block until a\nsession is available.\n\n### put\n\n put(session)\n\nReturn a session to the pool.\n\n### session\n\n session(**kwargs)\n\nCheck out a session from the pool.\n\nDeprecated. Sessions should be checked out indirectly using context\nmanagers or xref_run_in_transaction,\nrather than checked out directly from the pool."]]